Book Lust with Nancy Pearl: Jasper Fforde
The protagonists in Jasper Fforde's "Red Side Story" live in Chromatacia, a place where "The hierarchy is based not on something mundane like voting for people, but on the colors that you can see." A...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Bill Morris
Bill Morris' nonfiction book "The Lions Finally Roar" was nearly titled "Natural-Born Losers," that is, of course, until the Detroit NFL team's record took a turn for the better. Morris told host (and...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Jamie Harrison
Jamie Harrison's "The River View" follows archaeologist and private investigator Jules Clement as the people of his small Montana town pull him in mysterious and murderous directions. The returning...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Julie Schumacher
Julie Schumacher’s “The English Experience” is the third novel in what was never supposed to be a trilogy. The book follows a professor who reluctantly leads an eclectic group of students to a Winter...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Cristina García
Author and playwright Cristina García joins Book Lust's Nancy Pearl to discuss her new novel, "Vanishing Maps," the long-awaited sequel to her 1992 debut, "Dreaming in Cuban." The two discuss García's...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Jennifer Habel, Chris Bachelder
The novel "Dayswork," by the married duo Jennifer Habel and Chris Bachelder, follows a woman navigating the pandemic while using the life of "Moby-Dick" author Herman Melville to examine her own. The...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Kevin O'Brien
A "Rosie the Riveter"-hunting serial killer roams World War II Seattle in author Kevin O'Brien's first historical fiction thriller, "The Enemy at Home." He and Nancy Pearl discussed the very real...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Daniel Handler
Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket of "A Series of Unfortunate Events") discusses his new book, "And Then? And Then? What Else?" He tells host Nancy Pearl that it began as a book about the poems...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Kel McDonald
The history books may lead us to believe it's the grand successes that shape our world, but what about the failures? The epic disasters, the inventions ahead of their time, and the plain bad ideas –...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Marie-Helene Bertino
Marie-Helene Bertino's "Beautyland" is based on the author's short story about "an unnamed alien faxing notes on human beings to who she believes are her superiors." Bertino based the story's structure...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Leah Hager Cohen
Leah Hager Cohen joins Book Lust host Nancy Pearl to discuss her latest novel, "To & Fro." The story follows two girls—one in a parable-like world, the other in Manhattan—whose lives both mirror...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Nick Harkaway
Nancy Pearl speaks with author Nick Harkaway, son of the great British espionage novelist John le Carré. Harkaway just released “Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel,” a new installment in the saga...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Donna Seaman
Nancy Pearl speaks with author and Booklist editor Donna Seaman about her latest publication, "A River of Books: A Life in Reading." In it, Seaman tells the story of her life as defined by books. They...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Erika Swyler
Nancy Pearl speaks with author Erika Swyler about her new genre-bending novel, "We Lived on the Horizon." It's a little bit speculative fiction, but it's also mystery, sci-fi, romance, political...
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